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Mayor Bloomberg Asks Kendrick Lamar "Who's Really in Control?"

Kendrick Lamar is faced with his stiffest competition yet as Mayor Michael Bloomberg has responded to the Compton rappers' "Control" verse.

Okay, not really. But the clip above does a great job delivering a clever message from the perspective of New York City's mayor, done by Pittsburgh rapper Jasiri X. The verse is as insightful as it is entertaining, with Jasiri running through a number of topics that parallel Bloomberg's demeanor.

"And I know Jay Z don't like Harry Belafonte/But he like my little brother, he look at me very fondly/He'll never get in the club, but we let him carry the laundry/So you ignorant black folk think he illuminati," he raps.